Novo Basquete Brasil


Novo Basquete Brasil is the Brazilian premier professional men's basketball league. It is organized by the Liga Nacional de Basquete , in a new format of Brazil's previous top-tier level basketball competition, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete. The NBB is managed by the Brazilian basketball associations, which were founding members of the LNB.

Logos and branding

Format

The NBB is the annual basketball league that is promoted by the national Brazilian league organizing body, and is endorsed by the Brazilian Basketball Confederation. The first phase of the season consists of fifteen teams playing against each other, on a home and away basis. Then the top eight teams go to the playoffs, where the top ranked team plays against the one in the eighth place, the second from the top plays the seventh, and so on. Each playoff series is a best-of-five, apart from the championship final, which is a single game. In all of those, the best placed team has the home court advantage. Finally, the best placed teams in the league qualify to the South American top-tier level FIBA Americas League and the South American second-tier level FIBA South American League.

LOB

The NBB has a promotion and relegation format with the Brazilian second-tier level league, the Liga Ouro de Basquete . The worst performing teams of each NBB season are relegated down to the second-tier level LOB, while the best performing teams of each LOB season are promoted up to the top-tier level NBB.

LDB

The NBB also features an Under-20 age development league, called the Liga de Desenvolvimento de Basquete .

History

2009 season

The NBB inaugural season didn't have the participation of founding-members Iguaçu, Londrina, Ulbra/Rio Claro, and Uberlândia.

2009–10 season

For the second NBB edition, the LNB confirmed the participation of 14 teams. Limeira and Bira-Lajeado could not keep their squads, thus did not join the season. On the other hand, Londrina joined the League, while an Araraquara/Palmeiras deal brought back to the national competition one of the most traditional Brazilian clubs.

2010–11 season

The 15 teams from the previous season confirmed their participation. The third NBB edition also featured former national and South American champions Uberlândia, who managed to gather a strong squad sponsored by Brasília's former partner, Universo. After a one-year hiatus, Limeira returned to the League. Besides that, first-timers Rio Claro and Iguaçu joined as well.

2012–13 season

For the first time, the NBB had eighteen participating teams, a record in the NBB's history. The three-time champion Brasília, came once again as the title favorite. But their greatest rival Flamengo, assembled a team to break this hegemony, and thus win the NBB after four years. Uberlândia emerged as one of the favorites for the title, as well as São José. The rookies were the teams of Suzano, Mogi das Cruzes, Palmeiras, and Basquete Cearense. Of the four, the only team to qualify for the playoffs was Basquete Cearense. The last two were Tijuca and Suzano. Suzano, due to financial difficulties, dismounted their team to the championship final, while Tijuca played a small promotion tournament with Fluminense and Macaé, respectively champion and runner-up of Supercopa Brasil de Basquete. In the playoffs, a surprise: the champions of the past three editions were eliminated in the quarterfinals by São José. In the semifinals, Flamengo eliminated São José 3–2, and Uberlândia swept Bauru by 3–0. The final, played in one game in Rio de Janeiro, was won by the super-team of Flamengo, who after four years, won their second title of the NBB.

NBB rivalries

Founding associations

TeamCity/AreaArenaFounded
AraraquaraAraraquara, São PauloGinásio Castelo Branco 1994
AssisAssis, São PauloJairo Ferreira dos Santos 2002
Bauru*Bauru, São PauloGinásio Panela de Pressão1994
BrasíliaBrasília, Federal DistrictGinásio Nilson Nelson / ASCEB minor games2000
CETAF/Vila VelhaVila Velha, Espírito SantoGinásio Municipal João Goulart 2002
Flamengo*Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroHSBC Arena1895
Franca*Franca, São PauloGinásio Municipal Pedro Murilla Fuentes 1959
IguaçuNova Iguaçu, Rio de JaneiroGinásio Alberico de Sá Bittencourt
JoinvilleJoinville, Santa CatarinaGinásio Municipal Ivan Rodrigues2006
LimeiraLimeira, São PauloGinásio Municipal Fortunato Lucato Neto 2001
LondrinaLondrina, ParanáGinásio Municipal Darcy Côrtez
Minas*Belo Horizonte, Minas GeraisArena Vivo1935
Paulistano*São Paulo, São PauloGinásio Antonio Prado Junior1900
Pinheiros*São Paulo, São PauloGinásio Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim1899
Saldanha da GamaVitória, Espírito SantoGinásio Jayme Navarro de Carvalho1902
São JoséSão José dos Campos, São PauloLineu de Moura1948
Bira-LajeadoLajeado, Rio Grande do SulComplexo Esportivo da Univates1955
UberlândiaUberlândia, Minas GeraisArena Presidente Tancredo Neves1998
Rio ClaroRio Claro, São PauloGinásio de Esportes Felipe Karam1981

2018–19 season teams

NBB Finals

NBB championships performance by club

NBB awards

NBB All-Star Weekend

Notable players